长江中下游地区，历来是民间帮会比较兴盛的地区之一。到抗战爆发前后，鄂豫两省交界地带仍有数万名民间帮会成员在公开或半公开地活动着，且握有武装。其中以鄂中的汉留会、随（县）应（山）地区的黄学（亦称黄道会）和信（阳）应（山）地区的红枪会、大刀会的势力为最大。汉 The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River has always been one of the more prosperous areas for civil gangs. Before and after the outbreak of the war of resistance against Japan, there were still tens of thousands of members of civil gangs that were active in the open or semi-open areas at the junction of the two provinces and they held armed forces. Among them, the Han and Ecuatorial Communities in Hubei Province have the greatest influence with the Red Gunshui and Daojian in Huangshan (also known as Huangdao (also known as the ecliptic) and Yingyang Chinese